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Janet Godsell

inNOWvate, Reports, Trends, Visibility

Keynote recording Janet Godsell: ‘Supply chain visibility and resilience in the new normal’

Janet Godsell, professor of operations & supply chain strategy at the University of Warwick, provided insights on the impact of the current pandemic during her keynote presentation at inNOWvate Supply Chain Event, October 13 2020.  Based …

Lora Cecere Supply Chain Insights - Supply Chains and SOP to admire

inNOWvate, Planning, Reports, Software, Trends

Keynote recording Lora Cecere: ‘Supply chains and planning to admire’

What sets excellent supply chain apart from the rest? Lora Cecere, founder at Supply Chain Insights, addressed this question during inNOWvate Supply Chain Event 2020 on October 13. According to Cecere, 85% of companies are …

Flowlity

Visibility, inNOWvate, Reports, Trends

Flowlity wins European Supply Chain Start-up Pitch

The French start-up Flowlity won the European Supply Chain Start-up Pitch during the hybrid inNOWvate Supply Chain Event in the Dutch city of Utrecht on 13 October 2020. This prestigious competition is organized by Supply …

excellent supply chains

Visibility, inNOWvate, Reports, Trends

Excellent supply chains have better leaders, not better technology

Supply chains are under scrutiny due to COVID-19. Now more than ever, the question is what sets excellent supply chains apart from the rest, and whether the excellent supply chains of the past will also …

AI

Trends

Pandemic highlights frustrations with AI-powered decision-making systems

More than 80% of supply chain managers across Europe and the USA have been left frustrated by the limitations of tools and software used for AI-powered decision-making during the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the main …

no-deal Brexit

Trends

Few British companies prepared for no-deal Brexit

Less than one in five British companies (18%) are currently prepared for a no-deal Brexit. Meanwhile, more than half of Dutch and Flemish logistics service providers are concerned about the UK leaving the EU; 48% …

road freight capacity

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Road freight capacity on spot market declines to lowest level since 2017

Road freight capacity on the European spot market has dropped to its lowest level since 2017, according to a report by transport logistics software vendor Transporeon. The findings are based on the data in Transporeon’s …

Princes

Sustainability, Trends, Visibility

Princes uses blockchain to create end-to-end transparency in tuna chain

Princes, one of Europe’s largest food and beverage groups, is using blockchain technology to provide transparency into its tuna chain. The digital platform called 'Check je Vis' gives Dutch consumers insight into the entire journey …

CargoX

Visibility, Trends

Supply chain start-up in the spotlight: CargoX

CargoX Ltd, founded in Ljubljana, Slovenia, in 2018, is specialized in document transfer solutions based on blockchain transactions and an ownership validation platform. The core team of founders brings together more than a hundred years of …

itelligence

Software, Trends

Itelligence wins European hackathon with flawless vaccine distribution

Six talented young coders from the Dutch software consulting company called itelligence have come up with a solution for safely transporting the future COVID-19 vaccine, which will have to be distributed in line with strict …